Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , January 2008

Open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair in octogenarians before and after the adoption of endovascular grafting procedures

  • Enzo Ballotta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Section of the Geriatric Surgery Clinic, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Enzo Ballotta, MD, Vascular Surgery Section of the Geriatric Surgery Clinic, Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, 2 Piano Ospedale Giustinianeo, Via N. Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padova, Italy.
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  • Giuseppe Da Giau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery Section of the Geriatric Surgery Clinic, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy
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  • Alessio Bridda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
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  • Mario Gruppo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
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  • Alberto Pauletto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
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  • Bruno Martella, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.

Received 6 July 2007 ,Accepted 31 August 2007.

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    Kaplan-Meier curve shows long-term survival of all the patients. The percentage on the right represents the rate of survival at 10 years. The standard error is <10% at each time point in the curve (ra

    Kaplan-Meier curve shows long-term survival of all the patients. The percentage on the right represents the rate of survival at 10 years. The standard error is <10% at each time point in the curve (range, 0% to 9.2%). Raw numbers of the patients at risk analyzed at each time point are provided below the figure.

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    Kaplan-Meier curves show long-term survival of patients in groups 1 (diamonds) and 2 (squares). The percentages on the right represent 5-year survival rates. The standard error is <10% at each time po

    Kaplan-Meier curves show long-term survival of patients in groups 1 (diamonds) and 2 (squares). The percentages on the right represent 5-year survival rates. The standard error is <10% at each time point in the group 1 curve (range, 0% to 5.8%). The standard error is less than 10% until the 4-year point in the group 2 curve (range, 0% to 8.8%) and 19.5% at the 5-year point. Raw numbers of the patients at risk analyzed at each time point are provided below the figure.

 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)01449-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.08.054

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , January 2008

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